First woman judge of Orissa HC passes away

She was 79.

Wife of former director general of police S S Padhi, Kumari was ill for past several months. She is survived by two daughters and son Souryakanta Padhi, a senior advocate of the High Court.

The Chief Justice V Gopala Gowda and several judges of the High Court visited her residence to pay their last respects.

Many lawyers, including state advocate general Ashok Kumar Mohanty also paid their respects to the former judge of the HC who presided over the benches between April 1988 and September 1995.